Sallan Curated NYC Events

Event Details

Around Town

Financial Strategies For Keeping Fossil Fuels In The Ground

Tuesday, Aug 11, 2015

This panel will explore financial strategies for how we can keep fossil fuels in the ground to stop climate change. Should individuals and institutions divest from fossil fuel companies? Or, should they remain invested in these companies to influence their policies as shareholder activists?

Sponsors: NYC 350 and more

Confirmed speakers to date: Helen Rosenthal, City Council member, District 6 - Contracts Committee Chairperson; Liz Krueger, State Senator, 28th District - Sponsor, Fossil Fuel Divestment Act; Reid Capalino, Director of Energy, Sustainability and Resiliency Practice - Carbon Tracker Initiative; Bradford Goz, Director of Business Development - Fossil Free Indexes; Scott Zdrazil, Director of Strategy and Corporate Engagement - Office of New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer; Shanna Cleveland, Senior Manager, Carbon Asset Risk Initiative - Ceres & Geraldine F. Watson, Vice president for Finance and Operations - Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Date: Tuesday, August 11, 7:00 - 9:30 PM

Location: St. Paul and St. Andrew Church at West 86th Street/West End Avenue

RSVP: Open to the public, no registration needed. $3 contribution requested at-the-door

August 2019
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
       
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

Upcoming Events

Sallan Sponsored Event
Do No Harm: Achieving Net Zero Buildings
25 Sep
Join us for this NY Climate Week event on the role of urban, high-density, net-zero-energy projects in meeting the demands of our climate crisis.
Event Details
Around Town
Taking Action
2 Sep
Americans are worried but inactive about the climate crisis + often underestimate the public consensus that already exists on climate. Taking Action aims to help reverse this cycle by providing guidance + support on specific civic actions we can take together for climate progress + it is staffed largely by high school volunteers inspired to share climate solutions information
Event Details
Around Town
Global Climate Strike
20 Sep
At the request of the young people who have been staging school strikes around the world, we’re walking out of our workplaces + homes to spend the day demanding action on the climate crisis. Join us
Event Details
Around Town
Taking Action
27 Oct
Young people everywhere are demanding society confront the climate crisis with a new level of urgency + this inspires an exhibit featuring hands-on learning about solutions June 1 – October 27
Event Details